¡Feliz Fiestas Patrias!

September 15, 2015...

Friends and Family,

First and foremost I have to say that this past weeks emails definitely had me thinking about home. Sounds like BYU had quite the game against Nebraska! Wish I could have seen it! Even cooler that the backup QB finished his mission 3 months ago in Santiago! True athletes serve in Chile! It also sounds like Cross Country season is definitely in the air and now everyone has decided that they miss me. Not going to lie, this time of year was always exciting for me too! Way to go Preston at the Arapahoe Invite! Good luck to Paxton and the boys trying to beat my times! GO VISTA XC!! VISTA NATION FOR LIFE! BYU XC looks good, Dallin Farnsworth is already back at it! Looks like a lot of familiar names are back from their missions and already rocking and rolling, LOVE IT! GO BYU XC! 

 So in other news, a dog bit me last week and I forgot to mention it! Turns out when you talk to dogs in Spanish here they understand you and get mad. We were contacting and one dog was just sitting there growling and I kept saying "tú eres muy flojo mi perrito, super flojo, nunca he visto un perro tan flojo como tú. Oye perrito para que sepas, té eres gordito también, jajajaja, tonto perrito." Well once I was walking away, all the sudden I feel this sharp pain in the back of my leg and this freaking dog was biting me. It totally ruined my pants! I wanted to kill the dumb thing! Not a whole lot of blood, and I didn't need to get shots! All is well! I am now officially a Santiago missionary. Lesson Learned…Don't talk crap to big dogs people! 

 I did get your package Mom! I haven't gotten letters for a while though! I'll probably get the next package this next pouch! Don't worry; I'm waiting until my Birthday to open the package! WAY PUMPED! 

 September 11th here is a little crazy as well. We had to be in our pension at 6pm because the 11th is notorious for the Communist all coming out to burn things and kill cops. Especially in our area, well not our area, but our zone has the Villa Francia, which is notorious for crap going down. I'll have to take a picture of the Communist graffiti in one of the sectors. Nothing much happened though, but we all had to be careful on September 11th, people go nuts here. Looks like more than anything they just put black head bands on trees and put posters up of old communist people from the 80's everywhere, nothing big. Elder Ramirez and I took advantage of the early time in to get some extra sleep.  Much needed sleep actually.

 We had a zone conference with 4 zones this past week with President and Hermana Barreiros. The focus was on keeping the Sabbath day holy!  I learned a lot and I've been using what I've learned to get people to come to church and treat the Sabbath the way it should be treated. Mainly I just tell everyone that taking the sacrament is the only ordinance we make for ourselves every Sunday at church. Everything else we do once and then we do it as proxy for the deceased. The Santa Cena is the only thing that we do for ourselves EVERY WEEK! So it's super important that we set apart Sunday to truly think about our Savior and find areas where we can improve.

 Today we had a zone asado and it was super good! We played soccer and I was on Elder Moura's team, I love that guy. His Brazilian accent is SO THICK and he is always so pumped it's unreal; it's definitely a fun time playing futbol de salon with Latinos! 

 So this next week is my Birthday and I can't believe I'll be turning 20! Man I'm old! It's also changes this next week so pray for me.  Familia Tapia is already super sad that I might be leaving this next change. I've really grown to love my converts here in Pajaritos and I love the ward too. They all really show me a lot of love and are so willing to help me out! Familia Tapia is my dream family because I'll see them a year from now when they're getting sealed in the temple! They are SO STRONG! Hermana Tapia has a strong testimony and is very active. 

 All and all, everything is good here! I love all of you! Thanks for sharing all the sweet stories of Labor Day! Apex Park will definitely always be my hill! I own those mountains! 

 Que estén bien, les amo mucho,

Elder Weaver